Edith CHUKU
The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, Engr. Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, has charged staff of the Commission to avoid those working against the progress and development of the Niger Delta region.
According to a statement made available to TNN by the Director, Corporate Affairs, Audu-Ohwavborua gave this charge during a Staff Work Ethics/Organisational Behaviour Advocacy Programme at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt.
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The NDDC boss said he identified those he described as enemies of the Niger Delta region in his book entitled: “Real Enemies Of The Niger Delta.”
According to him, “I identified amongst others, indigenes of the Niger Delta region as one category of enemies. I also identified those with power and influence; those that find themselves in the corridors of power, in government offices; some indigenes of the region who find themselves in position of influence, but refused to put the region’s interest first.
“Those who collude with foreign and local investors, to short-change the region, to deprive the region of its full and legitimate benefits, are real enemies of the region.”
Speaking further, Audu-Ohwavborua noted that achieving the goals of any organisation was tied to the efficiency of the organisation’s workforce, noting that, “we know the right thing, the question is, do we do the right thing. Working without measuring performance is motion without movement.”
He continued that, “Management scientists will tell us that the attainment of an organization’s goals or objectives is highly dependent on the work behaviour of her employees. It is against this backdrop, therefore, that the theme of this programme, “A Motivated and Disciplined Workshop, The Bedrock for Organizational Efficiency” is very instructive.”
In his presentation, the Chairman, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta, who is a guest speaker at the programme, noted that proper recruitment was key to an organisation’s success and urged NDDC staff to imbibe the habit of self-improvement with further formal education.
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Commenting on the effect of proper ethical practices on the successes of an organization, Nta said that the sub structure that leads to corruption is ethics. Adding that, “where you have poor ethics, it leads to corruption. Every day you will be faced with ethical dilemma.”
Another guest speaker, a former Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Mike Igini, urged staff of the Commission to live up to the expectations of the Niger Delta people and fulfill the mandate of the NDDC.
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According to him, “Niger Deltans look up to the NDDC as the answer to their problems. The staff have a duty not to disappoint them.”
Igini further advised the NDDC management to always adhere to the Public Procurement Act in order to deliver service to the people of the Niger Delta region.
